Are you this old?

[npalen]

Only those shorter pole lines are power lines. The others are communication lines [telegraph].

Then someone said, "Hey, why can't we put all those lines inside a single cable?"

 

[Bird]

I’m younger than most on this thread, but my earliest gas station memories are of my dad pulling in to the local service station and telling one of the owner’s sons to give him $3 worth of gas. That was the usual amount he’d buy. They pumped the gas, checked the oil and tires, and washed the windshield for that $3. It was a big deal for me to be the one to say “$3 please”.

I did all those same things when I was 16 to 19 years old in my Dad's service station, and it was quite common to havce people come in for a dollars worth of gas.

 

[GeneV]

Interesting! Is that the Barrington just down the road from Fox River Grove? I lived in FRG for a short time. The Bettendorf castle was not far from where I lived and is quite interesting.

Yup, that's me! I'm 3 minutes away from there, down Rte 14.

 

[GeneV]

You guys must be REALLY old, coz when I google hypocaust, alls I see is heating systems from the Roman times.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I did all those same things when I was 16 to 19 years old in my Dad's service station, and it was quite common to havce people come in for a dollars worth of gas.

When I was in high school, regular gasoline was 25cents per gallon. I could buy a dollar's worth of gas, pick up my date, drive to Enid, go to the drive in (50 cents each; popcorn 15 cents each), have a hamburger and a Coke afterwards (35 cents and 15 cents) and have change left over from a '$5.00 bill.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m old too, still got a working turntable.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I've got a closet full of LP's (that I bought myself) from the 50's and 60's. When the Hi-Fi's came out; I bought one! First record I bought? "Poor Little Fool".

 

[ponytug]

You guys must be REALLY old, coz when I google hypocaust, alls I see is heating systems from the Roman times.

Try googling an octopus furnace, which is the more common version.

True hypocausts went out of fashion with the Romans and the abandonment of child (slave) labor to sweep between the support pillars. A version of it was used in traditional Korean homes until fairly recently. Like hydroponic in floor heat, it is very efficient.

All the best,

Peter

 

[k0ua]

Thanks. I remember using record players, but never learned that trick.

It wasn't a good idea then, nor is it now. The reason for taping the penny on the tone arm was because your needle was worn out and would not track deep enough in the groove. You should have replaced the needle, but instead you taped a penny (or nickel) on the tone arm to try to force it to track. Of course it just wore the "heck" out of the record with the extra weight on the arm. Wouldn't you think if the tone arm needed extra weight to work correctly that the manufacture would have made the tone arm heavier to begin with?

it is just one of the dumb things that people do as a work around to a problem they either don't understand or don't have the money to cope with.

 

[GeneV]

I remember the coin trick, but not coz I'm old. I'm from the soviet union, record players were the only option there going into the 80's, when my family emigrated. Meanwhile, repair parts such as record player needles were in short supply. So...the kopek on the needle arm trick. Da!